“A riveting and tender portrait of what we lose in war, even when our loved ones are returned to us, and the emotional battle a wife must wage to bring her husband back to her. Erin Celello truly understands the human heart; the way we bend, the way we break, and especially the way we heal.”

—Erika Marks, author of The Mermaid Collector

“Learning to Stay is a compelling novel about a soldier who returns from Iraq a much different man than the one who first deployed and the wife poised between staying in this suddenly volatile relationship or forging ahead on her own. As a army spouse, I am grateful for Erin Celello’s dedication to revealing ‘the hidden wounds of war’ and how they impact our military and their families.”